Friday night is a big deal at our house because it is game night, the girls know it and love it, Bryce and I try to plan our date nights on Saturday so we do not conflict with our game night, maybe that is a bit much because we already do a Monday night as a Family night as well but Mondays are always a spiritual night. We do not do an activity or treat, we stick to a short lesson /discussion and practicing primary songs with the kids.
Friday nights are the night of staying up past 8 pm, having a treat and someone getting to pick out a movie or game or whatever. We play on the Wii , card games; they absolutely love to play Clue; Twister is always funny. The summer gives us all new things to do. Some nights it is a fire other times playing capture the flag or a family walk when the sun sets.
To be honest I am secretly hoping that by doing this now, and making it the most fun night of the week, that as they get bigger and start having a social life that it will be more fun to bring their friends here rather than roaming who knows where doing stupid teenager things like their mama did.
This week the girls begged for a manicure/pedicure night and I thought that sounds like fun, I could use a manicure and even a pedicure. But what will we do with their Dad, Emma had the answer for me she would paint his nails for him and Hannah could put lotion on his feet. So I decided that we could have Banana splits and watch a movie while we do our nails and If their dad would like they could rub his feet with the lotion. When Bryce came home and Emma and Jenna informed him that they were going to paint his nails all he had to say was sorry girls we are going swimming tomorrow and someone will see my toes Hannah was quick to tell him it would be OK became nail polish comes off in swimming pools. So we had our selves a spa night after all and their Dad was a good sport about it, spically with no nail polish ;)
